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April 21, 2006 Categories: New articles Posted by admin
Bifurcation lesions have been recognized as one of the most important challenges facing the interventional cardiologist since the beginnings of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The potential of periprocedural occlusion of the side branch was discovered to be significant, leading to early attempts at protecting the side branch with a second guide wire and kissing balloon inflation in order to minimize this risk and thus improve the procedural and short-term success of the procedure.
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